'Girl Meets World' Cancelled By Disney, But Why?

The entertainment world is defined by nostalgia these days. Star Warsis once again the most buzzed about film franchise, Fuller House may be Netflix's most popular series ever and even Lethal Weapon received a second lease on life after four films. But nostalgia alone was not enough to save Disney channel's Girl Meets World.

The network has officially cancelled the series after three seasons. Despite the love for the original '90s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, the spinoff will end its run after 69 episodes. This isn't exactly a surprise as the show's audience shrank from a stellar 5.16 million viewers for the series premiere to an average of 1.5 million viewers in its third season. However, it does suggest that the industry's current obsession with revivals, sequels and spinoffs are not immune to poor ratings.

It's possible that constant comparisons to the original series may have hurt Girl Meets World over its run, which is not uncommon for nostalgia projects these days (see: Gilmore Girls revival). While the series laid out countless positive moral lessons for its young viewers, it was never quite as humorous as its predecessor.

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The Jan. 20 episode will serve as the show's series finale.

"It is with incredible pride in our work and complete sadness that things end, that I report to this wonderful audience that our show is over," the show's writers said on Twitter. "I just officially got the call, and would like to thank this audience for its incredible love and loyalty. Please watch our January episodes. We leave you with three incredible souvenirs of a show we couldn't be more proud of. As I look back I can tell you with absolute certainty - we gave you our best."

Star Rowan Blanchard also took to Twitter to respond to the cancellation.

Girl Meets World followed Riley Matthews (Blanchard), the daughter of original series characters Cory and Topanga, as she traversed the pitfalls of adolescence. Ben Savage (Cory), Danielle Fishel (Topanga), Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter) and many other Boy Meets World stars reprised their roles in the spinoff.

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